Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...

In some areas of the state, black locust trees have taken on a brown color. This is due to activity of locust leafminer, which results in trees that appear scorched. The adults feed on lower leaf ...

Black locust trees were once hailed as an ecological solution to some of Germany’s most degraded lands and were planted ...

Plant breeders keep hoping for a big success. The tough Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, has been crossed several times with the shrub-like Clammy Locust, Robinia viscosa. The tall and graceful ...

A tolerant, thorn-clad tree native to the central United States, honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a somewhat fast-growing tree often found on limestone soils or moist bottomlands. It ranges ...

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen and make it available to the plant. Until now, it was ...

Once you know what to look for, it seems like they’re everywhere, coming for people’s backyards and gardens, and they can’t be killed by normal means. Lydia Casey, with her knife, jug of herbicide and ...

Josiah in Sarnia has a lovely heritage home. It was built more than a century ago by someone in the railroad business. The front of the house, with its big welcoming porch, was perfect for meeting and ...

The city Parks & Recreation director said no more black locust trees will be cut down as the city repairs sidewalks in coming weeks along Queens Way between Franklin and Wine streets. But Hampton ...

The trees you now see throughout the county with the showy white flowers are probably black locust trees. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a medium-sized tree with a single small leaf and thorns ...

Q: We are curious about the locust trees. They typically are one of the last trees to get leaves in spring and usually begin losing their leaves in mid-August. This year, they were a little later ...